Coordinated reform efforts are key to develop the East African Community
Business reforms can spur economic dynamism in the East African Community East Africa is famous for its breathtaking landscapes and its unique concentration of wild animals. Could it also become as...
View ArticleIs Rwanda the next big thing in Africa?
Does Rwanda's impressive growth tell the whole story? (Credit: CIAT, Flickr Creative Commons)Over the last few years, a lot of optimism has been built around Rwanda being the next big thing in Africa....
View ArticleFinancial Inclusion Up Close in Rwanda
You don’t have to spend very long in Rwanda before you start to be impressed by the financial inclusion landscape in this country – not only by the progress made over the past several years, but by...
View ArticleMind, Society, and Behavior – and Financial Inclusion
Like many World Bankers, I took some time recently to look through the newly released 2015 World Development Report “Mind, Society, and Behavior.” From my perspective, in the Finance and Markets...
View ArticleHome-grown technology firms help drive eGovernment expansion in East Africa
Over the past five years, we have seen the emergence of a number of eGovernment applications and platforms in East Africa, leveraging the growth of internet and smartphone penetration to improve the...
View ArticleLeveraging ‘suptech’ for financial inclusion in Rwanda
With financial inclusion now established as an objective for most financial sector policymakers worldwide, the day-to-day responsibility for ensuring its achievement in a responsible,...
View ArticlePolicy hackathon explained: How an all-society approach can engage...
Also available in: Français Brainstorming session at the Bamako Policy Hackathon. Photo: World Bank What would happen if you put all the relevant players for the entrepreneurial ecosystem — startup...
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